Where does “liberalspeak” come from?
liberalspeak (English) comes from English liberal, from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
liberalspeak (English): Language used by political liberals; liberalese
Definitions
- Language used by political liberals; liberalese
Ancestry of “liberalspeak”, step by step
liberalspeak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English liberal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liberal | Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study... |
| 2 | Old French | liberal | appropriate for a free person; generous; giving |
| 3 | Latin | līberālis | freedom |
| 4 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English speak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speak | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out... |
| 2 | Middle English | speke | — |
| 3 | Old English | specan | Alternative form of sprecan; to speak |
| 4 | Old English | sprecan | to speak, talk |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | to speak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |